Academic and Research Staff at KyotoUniversity of Foreign Studies

■ Academic conference presentation

1.	2022/09/02	Enhancement of Teaching – Methods, Approaches and Support (Summer 2022 FD)
2.	2021/04/10	From Sound to Vision: Visual Engagement with the Folk Songs of C19th Japanese Whaling (British Forum for Ethnomusicology - Annual Conference)
3.	2021/03/27	Routes to Music: From There to Here — an autoethnography (Ballad Society of Japan Conference #12th)
4.	2021/03/14	Songs the Japanese Whalemen Sang (Traditional Song Forum)
5.	2021/02/15	Songs of Edo Period Japanese Whaling (Informasia)
6.	2020/08/28	Microsoft Teams for Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) and Beyond (Doshisha University, University-wide English Programme FD)
7.	2020/06/28	Christine Yano's "Tears of Longing: Nostalgia and the Nation in Japanese Popular Song" (Traditional Song Forum)
8.	2020/06/12	Conducting Research Online (Doshisha University Inst. Of Humanities and Soc. Sci. Research Group 20/15)
9.	2019/07	Landscape Notes: Mapping Britain with Song (Doshisha University Open Campus)
10.	2018/09/01	Japan-US Exchange Activities at University Level: Lessons Learned from Observation and Reflection (JUSTEC (Japan U.S. Teacher Education Consortium) #30)
11.	2017/07	English Song Workshop (Hirakata World Music Festival)
12.	2016/11/06	Teacher Education Outcomes in a Teacher-Local Community Collaborative Music Project (JUSTEC (Japan U.S. Teacher Education Consortium) #28)
13.	2016/06/01	Re-sounding Echoes – Traditional Songs as a Key to the Past, Present and Future of Japanese Whaling Communities (ISIC12 (12th International Small Islands Cultures Conference))
14.	2012/12/01	Within and Without: Viewpoints on the Concept of "Whaling Community" (Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) Fall Workshop)
15.	2012/07	Attitudes and Practices in Japanese Whaling Songs (ICAS (International Conference on Asian Studies))
16.	2011/10	Peace Songs & Protest Songs (PGL (Peace as a Global Language) #10)
17.	2010/07/01	Foreign Language Activities in University-Elementary Collaborative Projects (JUSTEC (Japan U.S. Teacher Education Consortium) #22)
18.	2009/09/17	Traditional Songs in the Contemporary EFL Classroom (JUSTEC (Japan U.S. Teacher Education Consortium) #21)
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■ Books and academic papers

1.	Book	Handbook of Japanese Music in the Modern Era (Collaboration) 2023/11
2.	Book	Since That Day (Collaboration) 2019
3.	Book	Venetia's Ohara Gardening Diary (Co-editor) (Collaboration) 2017
4.	Article	The Mermaid and the Wheat Ear: The transformation of an aquapelagic symbol into a Japanese bakery brand (in process) OJIS Okinawan Journal of Island Studies 5,pp.1-16 (Collaboration) 2024/03
5.	Article	Ningen: The generation of media-lore concerning a giant, sub-Antarctic, aquatic humanoid and its relation to Japanese whaling 14,pp.134-151 (Collaboration) 2020/04
6.	Article	Interpreting Shima Through Song: Whaling Songs in the islands of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan 11(2),pp.168-184 (Single) 2017/11
7.	Article	Towards a Modern Context for the Traditional Whaling Songs of Japan 11,pp.52-73 (Single) 2013/08
8.	Article	Lyrics of Place in L2 Cultural Studies 『文学部論集』 97,pp.47-58 (Single) 2013/03
9.	Article	Teaching Culture in EFL: Considerations in Course Development 『英文学論集』 20,pp.1-24 (Single) 2013/03
10.	Article	Whaling Songs in Japan as a Reflection of Cultural Attitudes 『文学部論集』 96,pp.87-101 (Single) 2012/03
11.	Article	Development of Elementary School—University Collaborative Projects 『佛教大学教育学部学会紀要』 10,pp.11-25 (Collaboration) 2011/03
12.	Article	Whaling Songs in Japan as a Reflection of Cultural Practice 『文学部論集』 95,pp.97-113 (Single) 2011/03
13.	Article	Three Perspectives on English Language Activities in a Japanese Elementary School: With a View to Clarifying a Role and Methodology for Songs in the National Curriculum 『英文学論集』 17,pp.52-72 (Single) 2010/03
14.	Article	Transition and Transformation: Cross-Cultural Interpretation of Song 『文学部論集』 94,pp.93-107 (Single) 2010/03
15.	Article	Traditional Songs in the Contemporary EFL Classroom: An Exploration of Role and Repertoire 『英文学論集』第16巻（佛教大学英文学会） 16,pp.56-74 (Single) 2009/03
16.	Other	(International Exchange Praxis) Doshisha University 広報 (No.513) (Single) 2021/03
17.	Other	Songs Culture and Community Doshisha Jihou (147),pp.58--59 (Single) 2019/04
18.	Other	Changing Tradition in Contemporary Japan:- New Directions for Taiko, the Japanese Drum (Masters Thesis University of Essex) (Single) 1992/09
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■ Academic background

1.	1991/09～1993/07	Study of Contemporary Japan, University of Essex, Graduated, Masters
2.	2000/07～2001/07	Graduate School, Division of Art and Design, Chelsea College of Art & Design (University of the Arts, London), Graduated, Masters

■ Business career

1.	2022/04～	Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Faculty of Foreign Studies Department of British and American Studies Associate Professor
2.	2016/04～2021/03	Doshisha University Faculty of Global and Regional Studies Associate Professor
3.	2008/04～2014/03	Bukkyo University Faculty of Letters Assistant Professor
4.	2007/04～2014/03	Kyoto University Center for Academic Excellence Adjunct
5.	2006/04～2014/03	Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Dept. of British and American Literature Adjunct

■ Educational ability

● Practice example of education method
1.	2021/04～	Media English (Song Studies)
2.	2021/04～	Socio-Cultural Topics
3.	2021/04～	Tok I: Theory of Knowledge 1
4.	2021/04～	ToK III: Theory of Knowledge 3
5.	2018/09～2019/03	Song Anthropology
6.	2017/04～2021/03	Study Abroad: York Summer Programme Prep Course
7.	2016/04～	Academic English EAP
8.	2016/04～	Communicative English
9.	2016/04～2020/03	English Practicum (EAP: Culture, Ethics, Conflict Resolution)
10.	2016/04～	English Workshop Cultural Geography
11.	2008/06/01～2014/06	Teachers' License Schooling Intensive (annual)
12.	2008/04～2014/03	Academic Writing EAP
13.	2008/04～2014/03	Comparative Culture Through Music and Song (UK, USA)
14.	2008/04～2009/03	Geography in English
15.	2007/04～2008/03	Academic English Reading
16.	2005/09～2021/04	British Culture
● Made textbook and teaching material
1.	2022	Kurata M. (2022) Eigo de himotoku Eigo gaku, Kurosio, Tokyo [audio contributor]
2.	2012	Smith, C. (2012) Presentation Workshop-Oral Communication for Academic Purposes [DVD contributor)
● Announcement concerning education
1.	2023/04	FD: Course Co-ordinator for Academic Writing AWV/VI
2.	2022/04	FD: Academic Writing AWV/VI; English Seminar ES1/II
3.	2020/08	FD: Microsoft Teams for Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) and Beyond [Co-Presenter]
4.	2011/12/18	Teachers' License Renewal Course [Tutor]
● Matter that should be mentioned specially in others educational activity
1.	2023/12/19	Outreach: [Amagasaki High School, Hyogo Prefecture]
2.	2023/08/04	KUFS Open Campus - Touch The World
3.	2023/03/14	Outreach [Kaibe High School, Tokushima] [Online] x 2
4.	2022/07/12	Outreach [Ryoyo High School, Kyoto]
5.	2019/04～2021/03	Doshisha University MReader Extensive Reading Programme [Admin]
6.	2017/11～2019	NPO World Youth Japan (Sapporo) International Exchange Project: Co-ordinator @ Doshisha
7.	2017/05～2019/05	East Carolina Univ.-Doshisha International Student Exchange at Doshisha
8.	2017/04/01～2019/03/31	York Study Abroad Programme Co-ordinator @ Doshisha
● Charge of class
1.	2022/04/01	Academic Writing AW I/II
2.	2022/04/01～	Academic Writing AW V/VI
3.	2022/04/01	Comparative Cultural Studies Seminar
4.	2022/04/01～	English Seminar ES I/II
5.	2022/04/01	Introduction to British and American Society
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■ Main Subject

EFL; Cultural Studies

■ Belonging society

1.	2021/03～	ICTM International Council for Traditional Music
2.	2021/01～2021/03	Transformations Journal [new technologies, mediating practices]
3.	2021/01～2021/03	∟ Reviewer
4.	2019/05～	Royal Geographical Society and Institute of British Geographers [Fellow]
5.	2019/05	∟ Fellow
6.	2019/01～	BFE British Forum for Ethnomusicology
7.	2017～	Shima - The International Journal of Island Studies
8.	2018	∟ Reviewer
9.	2020	∟ Editorial Board
10.	2022/07	∟ Advisory Board
11.	2012/04～	BAJS British Association for Japanese Studies
12.	2012/01～	AJJ Anthropology of Japan in Japan
13.	2012/01～	JALT Japan Association of Language Teachers
14.	2011/01～	BSJ Ballad Society of Japan
15.	2008/01～	TSF Traditional Song Forum
16.	2005～	EFDSS English Folk Dance & Song Society and VWML Vaughan Willams Memorial Library
17.	2018/11～	∟ Indexer (Volunteer)
18.	2018/11～	∟ Transcriber (Volunteer)
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■ Results on duty

● Special note of person who has experience of business
1.	2022/04/01	Academic Advisor

■ Subject

1.	Academic Reading I
2.	Academic Writing I
3.	Academic Reading II
4.	Academic Writing II
5.	Basics of English and American Studies
6.	Introduction to Comparative Cultures
7.	Academic Writing Ⅴ
8.	Academic Writing Ⅵ
9.	Introduction to British & American Society Ⅰ(AA141)
10.	Introduction to British & American Society Ⅱ(AA142)
11.	Seminar: Comparative Cultural Studies Ⅰ(AA232)
12.	Seminar: Comparative Cultural Studies Ⅱ(AA233)
13.	Seminar: Comparative Cultural Studies Ⅲ(AA331)
14.	Seminar: Comparative Cultural Studies Ⅳ(AA332)
15.	Graduation Thesis Graduation Project
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■ Teacher examination

1.	2020/07	University of Cambridge (Futurelearn)Cambridge Assessment English, Online Course (Futurelearn)(Teaching English Online (Online course))Cambridge Assessment English: Teaching English Online
2.	2016/08	ETS Japan(TOEFL iBT Testing Training)Propell　(TOEFL iBT Testing Training)
3.	2013/04	University of Toronto (Coursera)(Aboriginal Worldviews and Education)Aboriginal Worldviews and Education (Online Course)
4.	1987/09	Diana Solomon International Language and Training Center (Evening school)TEFL(TEFL Certificate)TEFL Certificate

■ Activity in society

1.	2024/01	Hirakata High School English Speech Contest
2.	2023/12	Demo class: Talking About Culture: Theory and Practice
3.	2023/10	NHK World "Core Kyoto"
4.	2023/08	Demo lesson
5.	2023/03	Demo Class: Talking About Culture
6.	2022/07	Demo Class:
7.	2020/07	Neko no Shippo Kaeru no Te NHK E Terebi (Guest)
8.	2011/05	Neko no Shippo Kaeru no Te NHK BS TV (Guest)
9.	2008～	Judge - English Speech Contests ー var. schools and universities
10.	2006/10～2019/12	Kyoto International Song & Ukulele Club
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■ Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense

1.	2023/04～2024/03	Japanese vernacular traditions in modern society (Key Word : )
2.	2023/04～2024/03	Japanese vernacular traditions in modern society (Key Word : )
3.	2022/04～2023/03	Intangible Heritage: Japanese Folk Song in modern/digital era (Key Word : )
4.	2022/04～2023/03	Japanese Folk Song in modern/digital era (Key Word : )
5.	2019/04～2021/03	Comparison of Political Behaviour and Political Consciousness of Young People in Japan and UK (Key Word : )
6.	2014/04～2016/03	Peace Education (Key Word : Peace Education Research Group)
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■ Lecturer and lecture

1.		Ireland in Song (Bukkyo University Continuing Education Centre, Shijo Kawaramachi)
2.		Music of Ireland (Bukkyo University Continuing Education Centre, Shijo Kawaramachi)

■ Committee and society

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2022/08～

Shima International Journal of Island Studies Advisory Board

■ Home Page

Research Map

■ Teaching Experiences

1.	Introduction to British and American Society（Kyoto University of Foreign Studies）
2.	Seminar: Comparative Cultural Studies (Graduation Thesis Zemi)（Kyoto University of Foreign Studies）
3.	English Practicum (Culture, Ethics, Conflict Resolution)（Doshisha University）
4.	Media English（Doshisha University）
5.	Communicative English（Doshisha University）
6.	English Workshop（Doshisha University）
7.	Academic English（Doshisha University）
8.	Song Anthropology（Doshisha University）
9.	Socio-Cultural Topics（Doshisha University）
10.	Theory of Knowledge（Kyoto Sangyo University）
11.	Culture Through Music and Song（Bukkyo University）
12.	Nyumon Geography in English（Bukkyo University）
13.	English Writing（Kyoto University）
14.	English Reading（Kyoto University）
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■ External Researcher ID

orcID

0009-0009-9613-628X